[f_minor] Glenn Gould's humming

[Tony Cimino]

I love Glenn, humming or not. 
It was part of his performance although not intentional. 
KJ and other pianists who think it's
COOL
to hum, sing, grunt - it's an intentional PUT ON. 
I find it pretentious. 


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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> 
> Keith Jarrett also has a massive problem with coughing and sneezing audiences....(while I have a problem with Jarrett as a performer and persona).
> 
> Mr. Gould's humming is rather charming I htink. I might be wrong but I was under the impression he was humming rather a lot during those Mozart Sonatas. What is that supposed to tell us ?
> 
> and, just in case...you might be one of the Anti-Hummers, 'ere's an old joke told so many times on f_minor like  Rob Merkin's NASA Voyager joke...but it might be new to the novices....
> 
> http://www.davegrossman.net/gould/
> 
> Pat
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: John Hood
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 1:47 PM
> To: Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
> Subject: Re: [f_minor] Glenn Gould's humming
> 
> Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett has quite a similar problem with utterances as he
> plays which can be quite annoying.
> 
> JH
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> From: "Elaine Parks" <elaine19c at yahoo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 9:07 AM
> To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould."
> <f_minor at glenngould.org>
> Subject: Re: [f_minor] Glenn Gould's humming
> 
>> I like the humming too, and it's so interesting that he sometimes sounds
>> out of key!
>> 
>> I noticed that some current classical performers make odd harrumphing
>> breathing noises while performing (I witnessed this in a pianist and a conductor)
>> and I am wondering if our tolerance for GG's extra sounds on record could have
>> encouraged these fellows in this regard. Or has it become a fashionable
>> eccentricity to exhibit such noises? In both instances I found it curious
>> yet unappealing; in the case of the conductor, I left early!!!
>> 
>> Regarding a previous comment about GG's editing his work, my impression was that
>> he defended the right to edit and loved to play at it for fun to demonstrate a point
>> but in reality he actually didn't edit his pieces much...at the most tacking on a different
>> beginning or ending now and then, or replacing a bad note. Anyone agree?
>> 
>> Elaine
>> 
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